Non-refilling bottle.



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,.l. H. nosas. NDN-REFILLING BOTTLE.

{Application filed Dec. 20, 1899.)

Patented Sept. 25, |900.

UNTTED STATES PATENT (FFICE.

JOHN H. DOERR, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

ANON-REFILLING BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forrning part 0f Letters Patent .N o. 658,350, dated September 25, 1900. Application letl December 20, 1899. Serial No. 741,007. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern.- I

Be it -known that I, JOHN H. DOERR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Camden, county of Oamden,and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Non-Reilling Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in non-refilling bottles, and has for its object to improve upon the construction shown in United States Patent application Serial No. 597,747, applied for by me upon the lst day of July, 1896, and allowed December 10, 1896, its special object being to render the valve safe from interference and to facilitate the manufacture of a bottle of this description.

With these ends in View this invention consists in the details of construction and com'- bination of elements hereinafterset forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure l is a central section of the upper portion of a bottle, showing my improvement embodied therein. Fig. 2 is a section on the line a: w, looking upward. Fig. 3 is a section on the line looking downward. -Fig. iis aslight modification showing a combined protector and keeper, wherein they are formed in one piece; and Fig. 5 is an elevation of a protector made'in two parts.

A represents the bottle, the neck B of which is provided with a shank C,V a portion of which is left plain, as indicated at D, while the remainder thereof is threaded, as indicated at E. The object of this is to provide for the securement of the extension F to the neck, which is accomplished by having the lower portion thereof so formed as to fit snugly around the smooth portion D, while the lower end is provided withinternal threads for engagement with the threads E. When the eX- tension is placed in position, asj ust described, it may be there sealed by any suitable cement, so as to prevent the removal thereof Without breaking some portion of the bottle.

to close the valve when the bottle is brought to its vertical position.

A protec'torK is arranged to fit snugly withinthe extension above the valve and is provided with the depending lugs L for limiting the upward movement of the Valve and preventing the latter from coming in direct contact with the protector, which would tend to cut off the flow of the liquid. Flanges M and N are formed upon the protector and are separated by an annular groove K, and in these fianges are formed the notches O and P, both of which communicate with the annular groove,

but at different points in its circumference,

thereby permitting the flow of air or liquid around the protector. Formed with and protruding inward from the extension F are projections g, arranged so as to register with the notches P in the upper flange of protector K.

The said protector (heilig introduced into the I .extension E before said extension is secured to the neck of the bottle) is forced upward until the projections g have passed through the notches P into the annular groove K. Then the protect-or is turned part way around,thus

preventing it from being forced downward.

A` neck Q extends upward from the protector and has an opening R therethrough for the ow of the liquid or air, as the case may be, and over this neck is iitted a keeper S, here shown of inverted-cup shape, the hollow portion thereof surrounding the neck-Q, but not comingin contact therewith, so that fluid passing through the opening in the protector will be compelled to take a circuitous route to reach the mouth of th'e bottle, and in order thata free passage may be left around the keeper ribs T are formed upon its periphery to fit snugly in the neck of the bottle, thus leaving spaces therearound.

Upon the upper side of the protector K and arranged around the neck Q thereof are formed lugs h, upon which the keeper S rests, thus preventing said keeper from ever closing the opening through the neck Q if the said keeper should ever become loosened and have a tendency to drop. A shoulder U is formed within the extension of the neck just below the mouth thereof, against which the keeper is forced prior to the placing of the extension upon the neck' of the bottle, and when this keeper and the protector have been secured by cement or otherwise in place it will be obvious` that the valve can in no wise be tampered with', since the notches O and P do not coincide and it would therefore be impossible to pass an implement, such as a wire, beyond the keeper and through the protector.

From this description the operation of my improvement will be obviously as follows: After the bottle has been filled and the valve placed in position upon its seat the extension is run upon the threaded portion of the neck and sealed by the use of any suitable compound, which will prevent the removal of the extension without breaking some portion of the bottle, after which it will be seen that t-he contents of the bottle may be readily withdrawn therefrom in the usual manner, since when the bottle is tipped or inverted the pressure of the liquid upon the inner side of the valve will force said valve from off its seat, the liquid thereafter passing around the same, through the protector, and around the keeper, the air dowing inward to take the place of the outowing liquid. Should an attempt be made to refill' the bottle when in its upright position, the iniiowing liquid will be prevented from passing to the interior of the bottle by the valve remaining upon its seat, as will be readily understood. Should an attempt be made to rell the bottle by placing it upon its side and submerging it within a quantity of liquid, the inflowing liquid will confine the air Within the hollow portion of the valve, causing the same to act as a iioat, whereby the valve will be driven against its seat and there held until this pressure has been released, which can only take place by the raising of the bottle from out of the liquid, and, further, should an attempt be made to force liquid within the bottle by inverting the same and submerging within a quantity of liquid the rising of said liquid within the extension F would also confine air within the interior of the valve, whereby the latter would be caused to act as a Vfloat and be elevated against its seat, thus excluding the ingress of the liquid. Therefore it will be seen that the bottle cannot be refilled after the contents has been withdrawn therefrom Without rst breaking some portion thereof suiiiciently to gain access to the valve in order that the latter may be held while the liquid is being poured therein, and should the bottle be thus broken it is obvious that this would be determined by the most casual observer, thus preventing the fraudulent sale In the modification shown in Fig. 4E the keeper V and protector W are molded or otherwise formed in one piece by having ribs X extending from the neck Y to theinner walls of the keeper. When my improvement is thus embodied, this keeper and protector may be formed of porcelain or other suitable material and inpractiee will serve the sa1nepurposes as just described.

If desired, the protector may be made in two parts, as shown in Fig. 5, the ripper part ct having the neck b formed therewith, while the lower part d has the projections f extending downward therefrom.

Other slight modifications might be made in my improvement without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not wish to limit myself to these exact constrnctions.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- 1. In a non-refilling bottle, a neck having a seat formed therein, a globe-shaped valve adapted to fit said seat, said valve being hollow and open at the top, a stem formed with said valve, an enlargement formed upon the lower end of the stein, an extension secured to the neck in any convenient manner, a protector having two flanges formed thereon, lugs projecting downward from the lower side of said protector, a neck Q projecting upward from the protector and having a hole therethrough, lugs arranged around said neck and protruding upward from the protector, and a keeper which is hollow upon its underside and partially incloses the neck of the protector, and held in place by ribs projecting from its sides, as specified.

2. In combination with a bottle of the character described, a neck having a reduced portion and a threaded portion, a neck extension adapted to t over said smooth portion and engaged with the threaded portion, a shoulder formed in the upper portion of the neck extension, a keeper of invertedcup shape having ribs formed upon its periphery adapted to fit within the neck of the extension and against the shoulder, a protector also tted within the neck extension, two Iianges formed with said protector having notches cut therein out of line with each other, projections extending inwardly froin neck extension and adapted to register and pass through the series of notches in the upper ange of pro tector and into the annular groove formed between said flanges for the proper locking of the protector in position when the said pro tector is partially rotated, lugs projecting downward from the lower flange, and a neck Q projecting upward from the upper iiange through which a hole is formed, and lugs arranged around the neck Q and projecting upward from the upper ange, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination with a bottle of the char- IOO IIO

acter described, havinga separable neck'with a shoulder formed therein, a combined keeper and protector consisting of a tube, flanges around the bottom of the tube, said anges having notches in their edges, no two of Which register', projections extending inwardly from said separable neck and adapted to register and pass through notches in the upper flange into the annular space between the anges, a disk a short distance above the tube, an annular flange formed on the disk and eX- tending downward around the tube so that a space is left between the tube and flange, longitudinal ribs on the sides of said ange fitting against the neck, a lug on the bottom of the protector substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. DOERR.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH MORSE, J r., H. B. HALLooK. 

